Im glad you were able to join us today for discussing that has been in the news pretty much. A few housekeeping notes i want to make sure everybody concludes that analysts and other devices whether they are smart watches etc. Please make sure they are silent at some level. When we get to the qanda i would ask you wait for the microphone and everybody watching online. This is the way theyve come forward over the last several decades to make various allegations about government misconduct and of course we can look back at the pentagon papers for the first in 1971, the nsa five from the midtolate 1990s and early 2000 and Justice Department officials that revealed the program and of course Chelsea Manning and thereve also been as i indicated previously almost a countless number of corporate whistleblowers in the same period of Archer Daniels midland and a day uncovered the sex trafficking observation of course just this summer we had in our theaters with Kira Knightley talking about the sc
She will be joined in conversation by author and journalist david marinus. For a complete schedule of our live coverage from wisconsin visit booktv. Org. In the meantime, heres part of a program that airs tomorrow afternoon with economist Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell talking about their travels to socialist countries. Its no surprise to anybody now that socialism is back and popular. A lot of the focus has been on young people and millennials were attracted to it but of course the president ial debate to see among mainstream democrats now the New York Times had a year long and 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution a yearlong column called red century. I think exactly one, and that year was dedicated to the economic aof the system. If a handful mention of atrocities instead you got articles like why women had better sex under socialism. Which even if true, i dont know how we witness against 100 million dead bodies. But this is the atmosphere that was taking hold as we were do
Online Services Like banking and shopping we reveal all kinds of information about ourselves the problem is crooks can steal it and then use it to hamas all the people around us and Companies Face the same dangers now youd think that every firm nowadays would be prepared to fight off hackers but many arent and thats where specialists come in. And i. B. M. Has set out to teach managers what to do in an emergency and are reportedly took part in a Training Session simulating a large scale cyber attack. In this special equipped truck they simulate every companys worst nightmare. Today im playing a sea of a company that is facing a lot of problems because its being attacked from the internet. The other journalists here are playing Department Heads at his company a major back Alexandra Croom is a Cyber Security expert at i. B. M. I mean thank you an officer was. Packers have taken control of a cash machine. Where is the idea. Ok they get their money as soon as possible the case for germany i
Banks exchanging billions of dollars every day and overnight lending in order to maintain their reserve ratios now this borrowing isnt free you have to put up collateral usually in the form of treasuries or other tear one securities so under normal circumstances the repo market runs smoothly the rate is steady around 2 percent and the entire system is dependent on trust trust that the borrower can pay you back plus interest its a great way for commercial banks to make money now what happened here was when the rates suddenly spite we dont actually know what happened yet because we havent seen a spike like that since 2008 and in 2008 when the rate suddenly shot up indicating that there was a risk and uncertainty in the market there were rumors going around that your partner banks were insolvent so when you hear Something Like that as a bank thats a huge risk you dont want to lend to an insolvent partner so when you see a risky client you want to charge them 5 percent 10 percent. Tiene pe
Incessantly for the last two weeks, this whole issue of whistleblowers. My name is patrick edington, im your moderator today. Just a few housekeeping notes before i introour guest. I want to make sure everybody have your phones at least on silent or off. Any other devices you may have whether they are smart watch, etc. , please make sure they are also silenced. When we get to the q a at the end of this event, i will ask you all to, please, wait to be called upon, wait for the microphone so that everyone in the room and our audience watching online can hear the question, and ill ask you to identify yourself to include affiliation where applicable. I think its fair to say that the anonymous whistle blower and ill continue to use that term of art throughout is just the latest in a long line of individuals who have come forward in the course of the last several decades to make various and sundry allegations about government and its conduct and, in some cases, corporate, nonprofit conduct.